Involvement of the dorsal periaqueductal gray in the loss of fear- potentiated startle accompanying high footshock training

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 692-702

  Walker, David L ^a   Davis, Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030829279     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.4.692     Document Type: Article

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